DOD sends Congress classified Nuclear Posture and Missile reviews
Inside Defense | 3/29/2022
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The Defense Department has sent Congress classified copies of the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and Missile Defense Review, according to a Pentagon fact sheet.
Much like the 2022 National Defense Strategy, unclassified versions of the reports are not available but are “forthcoming,” according to a one-page fact sheet released by DOD.
The NPR, according to the Pentagon, “represents a comprehensive, balanced approach to U.S. nuclear strategy, policy, posture, and forces.”
Meanwhile, a senior defense official told reporters last week the fiscal year 2023 budget proposes the elimination of a low-yield, sea-launched cruise missile program established by the Trump administration.
“We had direction from the president to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our defense strategy,” the official said.
The NPR, according to the Pentagon, “underscores our commitment to reducing the role of nuclear weapons and reestablishing our leadership in arms control.”
Additionally, the Biden administration will “continue to emphasize strategic stability, seek to avoid costly arms races, and facilitate risk reduction and arms control arrangements where possible.”
Despite the cut to the Trump-era program, the Administration's FY 23 budget request increases total nuclear weapons spending by more than $6 billion over the peak levels set by the previous administration.
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Alan Carr to lecture on Secret Los Alamos
Los Alamos Reporter | 3/29/2022
Alan B. Carr, Program Manager and Senior Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory, will give an illustrated talk on “Manhattan: The View from Los Alamos of History’s Most Secret Project” at the Duane Smith Auditorium on Monday, April 4, at 7 pm. Sponsored by the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee and the Los Alamos Historical Society, Carr’s talk is part of the celebration of 50 years of the JROMC’s tribute to
Oppenheimer’s influence on the city he founded.
Carr will focus on Oppenheimer’s leadership of a technical staff of 1700 employees who designed, built, tested, and helped to deliver the world’s first nuclear weapons in only 27 months. Carr notes that “Atomic bombs helped bring history’s deadliest conflict to a victorious conclusion, but not before 60-80 million people had been killed worldwide.”
Since 2003, Carr has researched the Manhattan Project, the Laboratory’s Cold War history, and nuclear weapons testing. He has lectured for professional organizations and has been a featured guest on many local, national, and international radio and television programs. Carr’s talk is free and open to the public.
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